The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-06-25

Vicinity Items.

terms Of the dislsy Of the Sons OF veteran
q, their State Encampment at that place Il"
week.
The De Ralb High School commencement
exercises were held last wee. Wejnesds,
with the usual impressive solemnities.
Tba Chatswor,h High School Alumni bel
their annual reunion and banquet last wees
,Forepaugh's circus is working this ~ay
and may bsr expected to exhibit here III
lame dnrins The summer.
4 l.. d. Follett, probate judge of Kent Co
Michigan, has become a defaulter, and ba
fallen into disgrace through hacketsho
speculations.
The Knights of Labor picnic at Sprin
Valley last week was well attended.
The FREE TRADER office has turned on
some elegant posters for the Utica Fourth
July celebration. We understand they ar
10 have quite time.
Slreator wants its dog.taI paid
Peoria Is making great deal OF talk abou
her anti improvement chronics. The paper,
are for progression and improvement.
The Salvation Army At Lockport has {
complete new set Of officers.
The Lockport High School closed with al
amateur theatrical entertainment entitled
"Our Country 1t took place last evening
June oath.
John Griessman, OF Pekin, loaned a man
twelve dollars twenty. five years ago, and the
man went TO Germany, and last week he
sent Mr.. Griessman the twelve dollars by
mail That sounds a good deal like a snake
story, but is vouched for rs correct and
truthful
Pittsfeld has an art loan
Seneca is troubled with burglars.
A nine composed Of Joliet clerks played
a match game Of ball Sunday afternoon with
a nine from Jackson Grove, the grangers
getting defeated by score of IA to s.
Joliet thus mourns the present season:
"The gay and festive organ grinder, aud his
companion in crime, the organete twister,
have been in our midst for over n week, also
the patent medicine man, and yet we won
der at two cases OF insanity in the couaty
court in one day.
Mr.. MUIR, Of Joliet, will soon open n new
photograph gallery at Streator.
Streaior has strawberry and ice cream
social with n musical quarietie attachment.
That must be great scheme
A farmer near Pana. ILL.,, has an old shep
herd dog that took care of weak lambkin
all last spring, nursing il back to health
while its own mother discarded 1t The dog
then adopted sick little pig that the SOW
had neglected. and in this case, also, proved
successful nurse htchange.
There is an awful row over at Joliet about
the humping Of Alderman Rogan few
weeks ago. The more the people think about
it the madden they get
Morris is making big preparations for her
Fourth Of July celebration.
Marseilles bewails the absence of Fourth
Of July celebration.
There was meeting Of the stock holders |
OF the car seat manufacturing company this
morning, in Lukins & Cavanaugh office
ana the following board of directors was
elected: Is. n. GIfllan, s, z. McKelvey, II |
J. Wood, DR.. Chalfant, J. q. Ailson. James
d. Powers and W. H. Lukins. A committee
was appointed TO draft constitution and by.
laws. and the meeting adjourned until |: 80
In the afternoon, when the report of the
committee was adopted, and the following Of
hcers elected: w. II. Lukins, president; l..
~ Gilfllan, vice president; NJ j. Luther,
treasurer, and Fred. W. Lukins, secretary -
Sreaior Free Press
Petersburg is bowling for water-works.
According to the bill passed by the House
last week the militia boys will have better
camping ground and rifle range than they
now have at Springfield. The appropriation
is $4,000.
One Of the preitiest jobs Of crawishing we
have seen in several days is the article in
the Joliet Express of the Eth inst in regard
to saloon, keeper named Schal. That gen.
tleman has sued the Express for libel, and
the article referred to, of the 18th, is truly
artistic piece of back scratching,
Mrs. Henry koppel, whose Serious illness
We reported some time ago, is re.convales-
cent. She is at present visiting her parents
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